Cuff-link and the like.



G. W. T. DAVIES.

CUFF LINK AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED I'BB.26,1913

1,088,809. Patented Mar. 3, 1914.

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CHARLES W. T. DAVIES, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CUFF-LINK AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed February 26, 1913. Serial No. 750,808.

Patented Mar. 3, 1914:.

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, CHARLES W. T. DA-

' VIES, a subject of the King of Great Britain,

residing at New York, county of New York,

and State of New York, have invented cer- .tain new and useful Improvements in Cuff- Links and the like, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in cuff links and the like, and has for its object to devise a form of cuff link, more especially for stifl' cuffs, which shallbe free from the disadvantages of such articles as hitherto adopted.

I-Ieretofore most cufl links have been made of such a form that it is necessary to distend and strain to a considerable extent the buttonholes of the articles in connection with which the links are employed when inserting or removing them, with the result that beside being a tedious and difficult operation, it has subjected the buttonholes to considerable soiling and rough usage, while the chain, bar or other member connecting the two end members of the links has been free to shift along and therefore chafe the buttonhole, whereby the wear of the latter is further increasedland the fore-edges of the cuff or the like are not held in constant symmetrical relationship. On the other hand to obviate the above defects, other cufflinks have been constructed in separate parts, connected together by joints, pivots, hinges, levers, etc., all resulting in more or less complicated articles, easily broken or disarranged.

The object of the resent invention is to provide a novel cufi ink which shall overcome all the above difficulties and disadvantages, and the invention consists, broadly, in a cuff link or the like comprising an intermediate connecting portion provided at its ends with two side wings or lug-like members adapted to slide easily in and out of the buttonholes, the members which remain in the buttonholes being sized to occupy substantially the full length of said butt-onholes, and hold the two sides of the cuff safely in unvarying symmetrical relationship, without chafing or fra ing the buttonholesall being per ormed y a simple, and preferably one-plece, article of bent metal or the like.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 represents in lan a b ank from which the form of link s own in Figs. 2 to 6 may be constructed; Figs. 2 and 3, respectively, a

front elevation and rear perspectives showing the form of cuff link-constructed from the blank shown in Fig. 1; Figs. 4 to 6 are, respectively, front, side, ,and plan views illustrating the cuff link in position in a cufi'; Figs. 7,to 11 are end views illustrating modified forms of the cuff link, while Figs.

12 to 18 are plan views showing other modified forms of the intermediate connecting portions; and Figs. 19 to 23 illustrate in 'side elevation, some convenient designs of and wings which may be adopted.

In carrying my invention into effect in what I consider the most advantageous manner, I take any suitable form of blank formed from sheet metal or other suitable material, such as that illustrated, for example,in Fig. 1, comprising an intermediate portion a with two side wings or members I) and c, the latter being adapted to be bent on the dotted lines so as to form in connection with part a, an angle of approximately 90 (Figs. 2 and 3), although it is to be understood that the angle may be more or less, as desired. Though the intermediate portion a is, in this case, shown as integral with the wings I) and c and both rigid and solid, it need not necessarily be any of these, but it is essential that, immediately at its junction with the wings, it should be connected with the wings on either side for a distance not less than substantially the full length of the buttonholes with which the links are to be employed. The wings may be joined to this intermediate connecting. portion a at any angle from front to rear, but preferably so directed and spaced apart as to conform with the average more or less triangular space inclosed between the two front edges A- of the resilient cuff A (Figs. 4, 5, 6) when brought together. This intermediate portion may be rigid or flexible, but must, as shown in all cases, be cross connected with the side wings from their foremost to their hindmost upper ed es, which again should be at this point 0 substantially the full length of the buttonhole, as already mentioned and further pointed out below.

Referring to Fig. 1, the side wings b and a are also at their connection with the inter-.

mediate )ortion a, of substantially the full length 0 the buttonhole through which they are to be inserted, as shown more clearly in Figs. 4 and 5, where the buttonholes appear at A". The wing portions 1), (2, which may be considered as t ose portions which remain (meme 0f the buttonhole when the links are prope ly set and adjusted, may be concave, convex or rectilinear as in the various examples ilhlstrated, andtheir ldwer ends I) may, if desired, be bent slightly outward and upward for the purpose of facilitating their entry into the buttonholes. They should, preferably, be made of comparatively thin and smooth material and in all forms are shown provided with raised portions or projections 65 along their upper edges at or..immediately adjacent to their junction with the connecting portion a", and sosituated as to lie just outside the buttonl oles andimniediately against the outer surfa ce"of fthe cull after insertion. These projedtionsd provide buttresses for security t the buttonholes of a resilient cull outwardly over the side wings yzinay be provided in the form of hollow bend, solid head, or embossing on "the 'outer s'jurfacecfthe wings, and may be directed vertically, horizontally .or diagonally,']as toward either the wings or conneot proved cuff links, and any suitable material 'such'as sheet metal, celluloid, bone, ivory, shell or other material, engraved, stamped, embossed, cut-out, enameled or otherwise siiitalilytreated or ornamented may be selected for'its construction. The downward length and shape'of the. wings is immaterial, the area of; their surface depending upon iuj hat may be the preferred design employed,

.any.

The members forming my links may be assembled and put together in any suitable manner so long as the result conforms with the spirit of my claim. I may, however, repeat that of all the forms shown, I consider the integral one-piece form constructed out of bent metal to be the most advantageous,

and the preferred one, for many reasons. If

so constructed, the article may -be out V.

solidpiece is much more efiicient than one comprising several parts, thus avoiding the frequent-breaking or separation of the parts which is so common a fault with cuff links, owing to the strain to which they are subjected, .Also, it is much easier to insert into stifiiy starched buttonholes an article having abroad and solid connecting portiomia's such'a form provides a firm thumb leverage not obtainable when the connecting portion is in the form'of a flexible chain or narrow bar.

Having thus described my I invention,

what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is :je v A'cufi link having a connecting member, side wings rigidly connected thereto which are disposed transversely in relation to said 7 connecting member and arranged in coir.

verging planes extending in the direction of the length of the connecting member, sai

wings being provided with slight'or low raised parts Orridges extending in converge ing relation the full length of'the wings where they join the connecting member.

- In testimony whereofl-I hereunto alfix my signature in presence of-two witnesses.

B. M. SWIFT, ELLEN TUDOR DAVIES.

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